List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis, a retired Pakistani cricketer, took 35 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1989 and 2003, the BBC described Waqar as "one of the most feared fast bowlers in recent cricketing history", while former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said that Waqar was "a thinking cricketer and, at his peak, he was the most destructive bowler the game had seen". The cricket almanack Wisden noted his "pace and swing", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1992. Waqar was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on 9 December 2013.

Waqar made his Test debut in 1989 against India in Karachi, where he took four wickets in the first innings. His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against New Zealand in a match which Pakistan won at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. He took a pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Zimbabwe at the Defence Stadium, Karachi in December 1993. His career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 76 runs against New Zealand at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, in October 1990. He went on to take ten or more wickets per match on five occasions.

Making his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 1989 against West Indies at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (Sharjah), Waqar's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year against Sri Lanka in a match which Pakistan won at the Sharjah. He achieved a hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries), against New Zealand in 1994. His career-best bowling in ODI cricket was 7 wickets for 36 runs, against England at Headingley in June 2001. He took three consecutive five-wicket hauls in ODI matches in November 1990. Retiring from international cricket in 2003 after nearly 14 years, Waqar took 22 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 13 in ODIs. As of November 2020, he is joint sixth (with Rangana Herath) overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, and top of the equivalent ODI list.

Key Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult for the Pakistan team One of two five-wicket hauls by Waqar in a match 10 or more wickets taken in the match Waqar was selected as man of the match

Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Waqar YounisNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore David White Mark Greatbatch Danny Morrison Ken Rutherford Grant Bradburn Ian Smith Chris PringleWon 2 1 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Trevor Franklin Mark Greatbatch Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny Morrison Grant Bradburn Willie WatsonWon 3 2 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Phil Horne Martin Crowe Ian Smith Chris Pringle Willie WatsonWon 4 National Stadium, Karachi Gordon Greenidge Carl Hooper Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly AmbroseWon 5 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Gordon Greenidge Carlisle Best Carl Hooper Gus Logie Curtly AmbroseLost 6 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Athula Samarasekera Aravinda de Silva Hashan Tillakaratne Rumesh Ratnayake Pramodya Wickramasinghe Drawn 7 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Kapila Wijegunawardene Sanath JayasuriyaWon 8 Lord's, London Graeme Hick Allan Lamb Ian Botham Chris Lewis Phillip DeFreitasWon 9 Headingley, Leeds Alec Stewart Graeme Hick Chris Lewis Derek Pringle Neil MallenderLost 10 Kennington Oval, London Graham Gooch Alec Stewart Michael Atherton David Gower Devon MalcolmWon 11 Trust Bank Park, Hamilton Andrew Jones Rod Latham Chris Harris Murphy Su'a Dipak PatelWon 12 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Richie Richardson Keith Arthurton Junior Murray Anderson Cummins Winston Benjamin Drawn 13 1 Defence Stadium, Karachi Grant Flower Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Heath Streak John RennieWon 14 2 Defence Stadium, Karachi Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Eddo Brandes John RennieWon 15 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Mark Dekker Andy Flower Heath Streak Glen Bruk-Jackson David BrainWon 16 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Alistair Campbell David Houghton Wayne James Heath Streak John Rennie Drawn 17 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Blair Hartland Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Tony Blain Simon Doull Chris PringleLost 18 1 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Roshan Mahanama Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga Hashan Tillakaratne Kumar Dharmasena Chaminda VaasWon 19 2 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Roshan Mahanama Dulip Samaraweera Pubudu Dassanayake Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna RanatungaWon 20 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Adam Bacher Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis H. D. Ackerman Hansie Cronje Fanie de VilliersLost 21 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Dirk Viljoen Murray Goodwin Guy Whittall Trevor Madondo Pommie Mbangwa Drawn 22 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Habibul Bashar Khaled Mashud Sanwar Hossain Fahim Muntasir Mohammad Sharif Enamul Haque Drawn

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Waqar YounisNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Brendon Kuruppu Rumesh Ratnayake Uvais Karnain Ravi RatnayekeWon 2 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah(neutral venue) Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Ian Smith Martin Snedden Danny MorrisonWon 3 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar David White Martin Crowe Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny MorrisonWon 4 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Dipak Patel Grant Bradburn Mark Priest Chris Pringle Willie WatsonWon 5 National Stadium, Karachi Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Brian Lara Carl HooperWon 6 Kingsmead, Durban Andrew Hudson Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Craig Matthews Fanie de VilliersWon 7 Eden Park, Auckland Bryan Young Blair Hartland Shane Thomson Gavin Larsen Matthew Hart Richard de Groen Tied 8 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi(neutral venue) Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Asanka Gurusinha Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Vaas Tied 9 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Adam Parore Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Mark Greatbatch Chris Harris Dipak PatelWon 10 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Mohammad Azharuddin Ajay Jadeja Ajit AgarkarWon 11 Headingley, Leeds Marcus Trescothick Nick Knight Alec Stewart Michael Vaughan Owais Shah Paul Collingwood Dominic CorkWon 12 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Mark Waugh Matthew Hayden Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Andrew Symonds Brett LeeWon 13 National Cricket Stadium, Tangier Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Mark Boucher Shaun PollockLost

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